THE UDF IS BACK: A people’s movement returns to unite South Africa
Jo Mboweni
UDF delegation led by national convenor, Jo Mboweni meets the leadership of St Oak Global Church (Image: Courtesy of UDF)
The United Democratic Front (UDF), a historic force in the struggle for democracy and justice, is officially back. Not to contest political power or serve any party-political interest, but to reignite a unifying, people-driven movement for social transformation in South Africa. As the country faces unprecedented levels of division, inequality, and moral drift, the return of the UDF is a clarion call to all South Africans, across race, class, gender, generation, and geography, to come together and reclaim the promise of 1994.
Our democracy is now at a crossroads. While political elites in the current Government of National Unity (GNU) negotiate po...